Dani

This weekly series focuses on budget accommodation gems we discover while on the road. This week: El Cortijo del Lago on the peaceful Lake Yojoa in Honduras.

One of the things we were most excited about for Costa Rica was the wildlife roaming freely through the forests. Check out this adorable little spider monkey in Manuel Antonio! So cute!

Based on the available shuttles from Guatemala and Nicaragua to El Salvador, it might be easy to think that the only place worth a visit in El Salvador is the beach. The Go Beyond series looks beyond the beaches to reveal some of El Salvador’s most picturesque towns: Alegria and Suchitoto.

No matter how long we are in Central America, there are still things which amaze us…

Based on the available shuttles from Guatemala and Nicaragua to El Salvador, it might be easy to think that the only place worth a visit in El Salvador is the beach. The Go Beyond series looks beyond the beaches to reveal some of El Salvador’s most charming colonial towns along the Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador’s flower route.

Check out the basket, made out of….Rooster? Yes, we found Rooster Baskets in Masaya, Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan presidential elections take place in 2011, and the people here are passionate politicos. Check out this house painted in full support for Daniel Ortega and the FSLN Sandinista party.

Our Polaroid of the Week this week: The long way up – the climb up Cerro Negro volcano outside of Leon, Nicaragua before we lava-boarded down.

The Globetrottergirls Polaroid of the Week this week focues on the horse-drawn carriage, which remains one of Nicaragua’s most popular, and definitely the coolest, forms of transportation.

We met Frank walking through the jungle on Little Corn Island. For $1.50, he offered to climb up the tree and cut two coconuts open with his machete for us. You don’t turn down coconuts, and you sure don’t turn down a man with a machete in a jungle.